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Orangutan - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
The orangutans are the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are currently found in only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan
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ADW: Bornean Orangutan - Pongo pygmaeus
Bornean orangutans have orange-red hair and long arms, which are advantageous for traveling through the canopy. Bornean orangutans grasp with both their feet and hands, which suites their arboreal life.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pongo_pygmaeus/
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Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus, Pongo abelii) - A-Z Animals
Orang-utan Classification and EvolutionThe Orang-utan is one of the largest primates in the world and is the only member of the Great Ape family that is found outside of Africa.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/orang-utan/
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Bornean Orangutan Facts - Animal Fact Guide
Did you know the orangutan, with its distinctive red-orange hair, is the only ape that inhabits Asia? Learn more orangutan facts at Animal Fact Guide!
http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/bornean-orangutan/
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Orangutans - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about orangutans with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/orangutan
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Wildlife Photojournalist Tim Laman - Orangutans in the Wild
Tim is a Wildlife Photojournalist working for National Geographic magazine and other top international publications.
http://www.timlaman.com
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The Last Orangutan Eden - Full Episode - PBS
Ecologist Chris Morgan travels to the jungles of Northern Sumatra to document the work being done to save its population of wild orangutans.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/last-orangutan-eden-full-episode/11657/
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An Orangutan Has (Some) Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules - WIRED
An orangutan named Sandra has become the first non-human animal recognized as a person in a court of law.
http://www.wired.com/2014/12/orangutan-personhood
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Orangutan - San Diego Zoo Animals
Orangutans, whose name means "people of the forest," live in tropical and swamp forests on the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/orangutan
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An Orangutan Learns to Fish - The New Yorker
Far from being the redheaded loners of popular imagination, orangutans are masters of absorbing and sharing knowledge.
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/orangutan-learns-fish
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Orangutans in Zoos: Kutai's Life Shows the Problems and Improvements for Great Apes.
To be fair, the world loses a lot of orangutans these days. They're dying so quickly that experts expect at least one of the two species of orang to be extinct in the wild within the next 10 years.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2014/05/09/orangutans_in_zoos_kutai_s_life_shows_the_problems_and_improvements_for.html
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Orangutans Fight for Survival as Thirst for Palm Oil Devastates Rainforests
Palm oil plantations are destroying the Sumatran apes' habitat, leaving just 200 of the animals struggling for existence
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/15/orangutans-fight-for-survival
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Official Orangutan Foundation International Website
Orangutan Foundation International - Conservation, rainforest preservation, education and wildlife research. Since 1971 Birute Galdikas has led OFI in saving
https://orangutan.org
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Orangutan Facts - Orangutan Conservation
Orangutans are born with an ability to reason and think. This large, gentle red ape is one of humankind's closest relatives, sharing nearly 97% of the same DNA.
http://www.orangutan.com/orangutans/orangutan-facts/
